Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-05
H. MI. wELOH,S PLAN.


 RoutIne Business Done by the
 Board.
 At the meeting of the board of education last night the committee on schools, con- posed of Messrs. Plunkett, Graves and Peck, made their report in regard to the different ways of increasing the room at the High school. The building is now, as is well known, overcrowded with children, and the halls and even the dressing rooms in some instances have to be brought into use for the hearing of recitations. The committee re- ported that to enlarge the High school would cost about $93,O00. The following is the committees full report:
 THE REPORT.
 s'The committee on schools, in pursuance of the vote passed by the board of education on September 30th instructing said committee to enquire and inform the board what ad- ditional accommodations are needed for the High school" would report that they have visited the school with reference to this question and have considered somewhat
 carefully the various methods whereby the needs of the school can be relieved. Atten-
 ton has been given not onl y to present wants
 but to those of the immediate future, as any
 considerable expenditure that does not pro-
 vide for some years to come would hardly be
 iusti6able.
 "Upon the occasion of our visit to the
 school recitations were ill progress in every
 room in the building, including the large
 hall, two temporary rooms in the hall and
 one dressing room. This room contained
 large amount of clothing and has no provi-
 sions for heating. We find that the numbers
 in actual attendance during the past year
 have ranged from 500 to 600 and during the
 summer term the present seating capacity
 was taxed to the utmost. In addition to
 these facts which now well known, the
 committee have satisfied themselves that the
 success of the several departments is greatly
 hindered by the lack of sufficient space, and
 that because of this deficiency the commu
 nity does not reap the fullest possible return
 for the money expended for High school in
 struction and injustice is being done the
 children who come here to be educated
 With these facts in view the committee have
 considered some of it's possible ways of meet
 ing the emergency.
 1.-The first plan, and one which promises
 only temporary relief is that providing better mears of heating the hall rooms and of re- moving the office of the board to other guar ters, giving their rooms to the school. This would provide two additional rooms for rec itations. It would not, however, enlarge the seating capacity; neither would it do any thing toward placing the school on level with others of it's kind in regard to general facilities.
 "A second plan is the enlargement of the i building. It is manifest that an addition giving two rooms on each floor, or eight rooms in all, could be built at q moderate cost, say $35, ,000 or S40,000, providing the l architecture was different and less expensive l than that of the present building. This plan would in a measure relieve the present stress, I but would make no adequate provision for | the future and would leave several important ! departments. as they are at present, almost ! wholly unprovided for.
 "The committee are unanimously of the | opinion that if the present property is to be | utilized by means of an addition the entire l space north of the building between the line 1 of the present building and the railroad track l should be occupied, and that some desirable l changes should be made in the present build 1 ing. At the request of the committee the ] architect has drawn plans and made estimates l of the cost as follows: For the addition, which l shall provide eight class rooms, workshop, | a laboratory and drawing room, $70, GOO | appliance for heating the entire building, 1 S8, ,000; for necessary changes in staircase, dressing rooms and water closets, $15 1000; 1 total, $93, GOO. The adoption of this plan l would assure ample accommodation for sev- eral years.
 'FThe committee finally considered the feasibility of purchasing central lot and erecting building that would be in every way adapted to the needs of a modern high
 school and be ample for it's growing necessi- ties for twenty five years to come. Believing
 that the policy of the board in this matter would materially be af- fected by the manner in which the | Hillhouse building could be utilized for the purpose of primary and grammar school, an examination has been made of the returns of the last census to ascertain the plumber of children of school age residing within the
 limits of what might be established a cen
 tral district. The area taken is that bounded D. 1, III and Olive streets, with small portion of the Welch district included by State, George and Church streets. The whole number of chill dren of school age residing in this territory is 734 Of these 454 are now in public | schools, Al are in private schools and 139 are reported as being in no school. It ap- l pears to the committee that were a primary and grammar school organized in this build ing not only would the Skinner, Eaton, Wooster, Webster, Welch and Dwight dis | tricts be relieved but many children residing l in this tract could attend school at greater l convenience than at present. The erection | of new building for a high school would ! enable the board to use the latest and best | appliances for lighting, heating and ventila- | ton, and would secure for the school the
 means of developing in the best manner its various departments of instruction.
 ''The committee present the results oi 1 their inquiry without recommendation, be | lieving that matter of so great importance | to the interests of education in this city should be fully discussed before decision is 1 reached and hoping that the board will be | able to take decisive action at an early day. , | The board briefly discussed the matter ! During the discussion Harmanus M. WeIch president of the board, said he had a new plan different from that of the committee \ It was to turn the old State House into s high school. He thought Architect Robinson l could get the place in readiness in two ol three months and the city would be more l than glad to give it up for that use. 'HoW about the county?" shouted one of the board | All of the members had great deal of mer- riment out of the suggestion, but MT. Welch 1 was very earnest in what he said. Someone suggested that the old State House was disgrace to the Green,
 and MT. Weleh replied that it was | not bit more than the churches. He was ! not in favor of doing away with the old ! State House until every church on the Green was gone, and that would never be- Then I another member unkindly remarked that if that was the case the churches were all a l disgrace and should be swept away, and then the old State House would go. Mir. Welch
 said that the expense to be involved in uti- lizing this building would be far less than any other way that had been suggested. I It was decided that the committee on schools should see about heating the halls and also about using the room of the board for school purposes until further action was taken.
 Architect Robinson was present and showed plans for the new Washington l school building. The board discussed the | matter, but took no action. No lot has yet been purchased for the site of the school. l Miss Talmadge of room No. at the Cedar street school handed in her resignation. | It was laid on the table.
 Miss Mary E. Woodruff was assigned from ! No. Cedar school to the High school. The following promotions were made;
 Miss Minnie T. Bird, No 9 Wooster to No. | 12 Skinner, salary S725; Miss Blanche E. Parker, No. 2 to No. Wooster, $630; Miss l Mary 0. Gorham, No. to No. 2 Wooster, l $500; Miss Mary A. Maher, No. to No ( Wooster, ,$560; Miss Henrietta Feuchtwanger, | No. to No. 4 Wooster, $350; Miss Isabel Bretzfelder, No. Cedar street school to No.